ARTWORK DESCRIPTION:
Life identifies itself as a constant becoming or evolution, given that its temporary aspect expresses itself throughout movement and variation. Additionally, there is the coexistence that happens in our own environment which has a direct effect in the individual and, therefore, its environment. It is undeniable that there is a bond between the human being and the world he or she lives in, a bond that affects not only in a physical manner but also emotionally and sentimentally.
Hence, through this painting, the intention is to put in manifest – just as the experiences lived, the various moments, landscapes encountered, the bonds and constant transition make us human beings, thanks to intuition, to be capable of depict and create within us an internal landscape, that in addition to images, is in essence, composed of feelings and emotions. The form in which this idea is represented is through the overlaying of glazes, that even though it may seem a passive chaos, the use off neutral colors, on the contrary, intend to organize the conflicting feelings to reach and project a calming atmosphere.
BIO:
Luciana Espinar Protto
Studied Plastic Arts with a major in Painting at the Faculty of Art of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and complemented her studies at the Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts) in London. Within her specialty, she constantly investigated how to reproduce the interpretation of different sensations, emotions and moments. Furthermore, as part of her process, she tends to explore other materials, such as ceramics and stone, through sculpture. Among its exhibitions are different groups, such as Art from the Emergency, at the ICPNA; Art as a Medium of Expression, at the Amano Museum; her individual “Constant Transformation”, at the Boulevard de Asia Cultural Center; various exhibitions at the PUCP Cultural Center; among other.
Influenced by Impressionism and Expressionism, her early works have an inclination towards geometry and forms that go (de) constructing reality through abstraction. Later —and to date— a more organic trend can be seen in her work, inspired by nature and in capturing her experiences. “Experiences, emotions and permanent research are an essential part of my process as an artist. Painting allows me to go back to other spaces, to capture experiences, thoughts, what I have observed and what I have learned. In this way art arises, due to the need that human beings have to express what is not rational in oneself ”.
Her tendency towards abstraction is based on the concern of wanting to generate interpretations of realities other than what is strictly natural, to reproduce consciousness itself. In many cases, she uses metaphor to represent various sensations through a new lyrical language; proposes a new reality based on its own sensory language. Her work has lines and multiple layers of glazes that allude to memory and time in constant movement; a representation of experiences and moments that carve our present as a result. From reflection, it can be seen how, both in reality and in painting, we constantly face change. For the artist, the representation of landscapes is perceived by each person in a different way, each moment becoming unique within memory. Nothing is the same twice.